Zen and Ecodharma Talks by Kritee Kanko
Kritee Kanko, Ph.D., is a climate scientist, educator-activist, grief-ritual leader, and a Buddhist Zen priest who lives in Colorado (United States) and Rajasthan (India).
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Moshan's Mountain Summit — Hidden Lamp 25 (September 2019) (opens the original)
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With scandals and power misuse being common in Zen, Tibetan and other sanghas, what could a healthy teacher-student relationship look like? Can a rock, a river, or a fellow retreatant be your teacher? And what does it take to put down our hats and trust the universe? This talk, one of earlier teishos Sensei Kanko gave in her teaching career, falls roughly into two parts. In the first, she offers detailed practical instruction on breathing technique and koan practice in her lineage. In the second
Ukyu's Unfair Blows – Hekiganroku 75 (May 2026) (opens the original)
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Why do we need silent meditation retreats in these times of polycrisis? Is it normal for painful memories or emotions — or resistance to spiritual practice — to arise at the very beginning of a retreat, and how should we work with that? What is the purpose of our "weird" Japanese chants? What did the early Western Buddhist teachers leave out when they brought Buddhist teachings from the East? And how should we relate to the unfair blows we receive in life? In this talk, Sensei Kanko addresses th
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